NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 9, 6 October 1943, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF

Oldest Voter?

One of the oldest voters in New Zealand Mrs. Bovlc, of Wiiipnwu, aged 101, briskly walked to the polling booth to record her vote on election day. -Mrs. Boyle has every faculty unimpaired and regularly walk's into town to do her shopping.

Ithletic Park Grandstand. The Wellington Rugby Union management committee last night decided to pay Io the New Zealand Union the annual instalment of £325 off the loan for the erection of the grandstand nt Athletic Park.

Rugby Honours. Tile management committee ot the >' etlington Rugby Union last night awarded representative blazers to the following players, who had played 10 or more games for' the union:—P. J. Ba umber (Eastbourne). 10 games; G L. Lmdsay (Wellington College Old Boys), 10 .games, and R. M. White (Petone). 11 games.

Trout Fishing Season.'‘Very bad indeed, said Air. Wnlcn, secretai'-y of the Wellington Acclimatization Society, when asked about the trout fishing season which opened last r riday. “All the streams in the district nave been running high and very dirty, and the weather has been very cold ever since the opening. I think Lhe real season will commence next Saturday. Another Egg Within an Egg. The great demand for eggs seems to be spurring hens to greater, and in some cases misdirected, efforts. Lust Thursday a Johnsonville resident reported the ease of .a sJoz. egg with a perfect standard 2oz. egg’ within. Yesterday, a Hut- 1111lev resident reported a similar hnppenin'g. She broke an egg. which she suspected of being double-yoked, tor lunchand found the second egg within, lhe producer was again a win to leguoru.

Rabbitskins Levy. , The rabbitskius committee announced in Dunedin yesterday that from and including Wednesday. October 6, the existin'’ levy on the sale of rabbitskins will be cancelled. . The levy has been cancelled in accordance with the committee s policy of not making a levy when the price falls below a hundred net to the rabbiter. This is equivalent to a floor price of £7/2/- a hundred before taxes and railage, store charges, etc., have been deducted. —PA.

Land Sales Act. . . . . There was a sharp division of opinion at a meeting of the AVaikato executive of the Farmers’ Union as to whether members should assist in the administration of the Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act. A- motion that the executive decline to nominate any member to a farmers’ advisory committee was lost. An amendment that the request of the Auckland executive calling on all members to decline nomination to any court or committee authorized under the Act be endorsed was carried.

Quota Successes. . . Last week 182 places attained their quotas of National War Savings-includ-ing the Southland town of Tuatapere which now joins the select band of towns with 100 quota successes. In fifteen of the eighteen postal districts the full district quota \was obtained, the surpluses at some places being sufficient to offset the deficiencies at others, thus enabling all post offices in those areas to fly the National War Savings flag of success. The Blenheim district gave the most outstanding performance of the week. Every place in the district attained its quota.